Digital Ethics

The beginning of the digital age began in 2002 opening its door to a new way of life and adding new problem to society. It not only affects one as an individual by wasting their valuable time lock on a digital monitor, but it has also disconnected society. Consequently, children and even adults have taken their own life from the pressures of this new habit that empower them. Being connected to the internet throughout a digital device, like a cell phone or a computer has lure individuals to a screen, rather than empathizing with other. Creating a lack of empathy and moral behavers. Bullying has evolved to cyberbullying and is the newest form of children showing power over another this is mostly done online through social media, texting and/or

Online technologies are beneficial to the modern world. It can improve a person’s education, business, and helps in everyday life hassles. It has become an essential part of the way that people live and it is very likely that people would be a loss without it. In “Ethics and the New Genetics,” the Dalai Lama claims that to ethically use new technological advancements we need to develop a “moral compass”. Peter Singer, in “Visible Man: Ethics in a World without Secrets,” discusses whether new technology and “openness” makes our lives better, or if the lack of privacy takes away the rights of individuals. Both authors discuss how technology is advancing very rapidly and can significantly have major pros and cons to society. The two authors, however, have different viewpoints in which how the society can determine when technology has become ethical. Dalai Lama is firm believer that technology is evolving so fast that ethics could hardly keep up with it. He addresses how people should have ethical standards when dealing with the internet. Thus, he is directly proving to us how he would want society to ethically determine when and how technology should be used. Yet, on another spectrum, Peter Singer argues that although ethically, internet is invading our privacy, this invasion of privacy is the only way that the public is safe and people should brutally discover the truth about everything but somehow it can cause harm. Peter Singer and Dalai Lama both agree how the new online

Legal and ethical issues in computing are not as straight forward as one expects, these two comprehensive concepts can be divided into many sub-sections such as computer Ethics which is a moral standard used as a guideline for computer users, Code of ethics is a guideline in ICT, intellectual property is the own work that is created by individuals, privacy refers to the rights that individual and companies have and how their data is collected and restricted to outside sources, computer crime is an illegal act that involves computers and finally cyber law which is laws that are related to helping protect the internet and other online communication.

Individuals need to keep their moral compass and clearly realize about the relationship between technology and ethics, even though technology can advance their lives. As the

The consideration of computer ethics fundamentally emerged with the birth of computers. There was concern right away that computers would be used inappropriately to the detriment of society, or that they would replace humans in many jobs, resulting in widespread job loss. To grasp fully the issues involved with computer ethics, it is important to consider the history. Cyber fraud which I

Ethical hacking is typically done within an organization that you either work for or that has hired you to perform security tests such as penetration testing.

This article identifies the then new trend of information technology also known as social networking technology. Vallor is identifying the virtue ethics of this technology first by identifying what virtue ethics is. Then Vallor views the technology through a utilitarian preconceived perspective, which is accomplished after identifying the virtue ethics of the technology. In the second part of her article, Vallor focuses on three virtues that enhance the morality of the social networking technology, including patience, honesty, and empathy.

The movie Nightcrawler focuses on the ups and downs that occur with contemporary journalism in the digital age. In the movie, Jake Gyllenhaal plays a sociopathic cameraman who goes by the name of Lou Bloom. Throughout the movie, Bloom bends the rules to gather information in order to discover the best breaking news. From breaking and entering to tampering with crime scenes, Bloom does everything in his power to get the content he strives for. One could say he is driven by his love for the journalistic arts but in his quest to obtain what he is seeking, he violates citizen’s rights and breaks the law. Despite breaking many rules of ethics and journalism, he follows one rule; “if it bleeds it leads”. His nights of scouring

Children and young adults are growing up in an era where the internet is widely used for everything. We consume all of our knowledge, information, and entertainment there. The internet is considered a whole new world to us separate from reality. The internet is, also, one of the largest forms of communication through social media. Although the internet and social media include many positive aspects, this is also used to target young people worldwide. Young people often fail to understand that they are experiencing a form of bullying until it becomes so brutal, and so degrading that they can no longer cope.

Technology in the classroom is important to assist in the learning process; however this is creating new challenges for teachers. Teachers are now required to educate students on the importance of technology ethics. Computer ethics is the moral guidelines that govern the use of computers and networks (Shelly, G, Gunter, G, and Gunter, R 2012). Ethics in the classroom also requires teachers to explain what plagiarism is and the proper way for students to give credit for information attained from another source. Teachers must also have a plan in place to address internet security, as well as devise a student use agreement and discuss ethical practices while using technology in the classroom.

Technology can also affect a young person's ethical behavior because it doesn't provide tangible feedback about the consequences of actions on others. This lack of feedback minimizes feelings of empathy or remorse. Young people say things online that they would never say face-to-face because they feel removed from the action and the victim.

The ethical issues surrounding hacking, stem from several sources mainly dealing with order and control, and information ownership. What is difficult to decipher from all the media hoopla surrounding the terms, "hacker" and "hacking" is both the simultaneous sensationalism and the condemnation of said activities. Of course just recently, even a movie was made and was appropriately called Hackers. The term and all that it implies has truly entered our popular consciousness when Hollywood has made a box office movie on it. As the advancement of computer technologies and systems of information become increasingly more and more complex in today's fast paced modern world and said technologies become an integral

Some people lose their moral intuition when using computer technology because they assume that their actions do not have real consequences to others. The lack of physicality on the internet can alter one’s ability to empathize with other, which makes them feel that cybercrime morally acceptable. The moral imperatives in the ACM code of ethics can help people make moral choices with computer technology.

Technology is changing the world in a fast pace. This is evident most especially in social networks. Due to the widespread and growing use of these new social media, especially social networking sites such as Facebook, researchers began to study its ethical implications.

IT Professional is a publication (Keith W. Miller 2009), it is such like book publication, it also has copyright problem, plagiarism problem, and many problems like book publication, so, to be the Professionals, they must act like the book authors to solve these problems. In aspects of IT, the side of ethical problems are including advice on how professionals can recognize, analyze, and make judgments on challenging questions about right, wrong, and computing. Computers have become essential tools of modern humans, regardless life, entertainment, education, work, and business are related with computer. Computer impact on human society very much. So knowing the Information Technology Ethics is very important to everyone, because it is useful to everyone who lives in this